Hi All
I am about to schedule some work to increase the size of my ESX 4.1 cluster. I currently have 2 host (DELL R620's) and I am going to add another 2 of the same model servers. The new servers have a different only in CPU's but the same generation.
Should I bother enabling EVC on my cluster prior to importing the 2 hosts? My feeling is no but I wanted to put it out there to people who know more than I do. My highest level of EVC compatibility is Westmere.
EVC is currently disabled
Sandy Bridge CPU's
| Model | sSpec | Cores | Frequency | Turbo | L2 | L3 | TDP | Socket | I/O bus | Memory | Release date | Part |
| number | number | number(s) | ||||||||||
| Xeon E5-2650 | SR0KQ (C2) | 8 | 2 GHz | 4/4/5/5/5/7/8/8 | 8 × 256 KB | 20 MB | 95 W | LGA 2011 | 2 × 8.0 GT/s QPI | 4 × DDR3-1600 | March 6, 2012 | CM8062100856218 |
| SR0H4 (C1) | CM8062100856218 | |||||||||||
| SR0KQ (C2) | BX80621E52650 | |||||||||||
| Xeon E5-2660 | SR0KK (C2) | 8 | 2.2 GHz | 5/5/6/6/7/7/8/8 | 8 × 256 KB | 20 MB | 95 W | LGA 2011 | 2 × 8.0 GT/s QPI | 4 × DDR3-1600 | March 6, 2012 | CM8062107184801 |
| SR0GZ (C1) | CM8062107184801 | |||||||||||
| SR0KK (C2) | BX80621E52660 |